What are widgets?
Widgets are content boxes you can add to your side column. By default, each OnSugar site comes with About Me, Followers, Latest Headlines, Popular Posts, and Latest Comments. You can edit these and/or add additional widgets to your site from the widget management page. To access that, click on the "Widgets" link in your site's drop down menu.
How do I add a widget?
To add a widget, click on the type you would like to add on the left hand column of the page labeled, "Available." Once you do this, your widget will be added to the right hand column, "Active." The added widget will also immediately appear on your site.
How do I remove a widget?
To remove a widget, click the “x” next to the widget you’d like to remove. Please note that if you used the "Text or HTML" widget to create a widget, removing it will delete it completely.
How do I rearrange my widgets?
To rearrange your widgets, simply drag and drop the boxes into the "Active" column.
When I add a widget, it asks me how many I want displayed. What does that mean?
Many of the pre-made widgets we provide publish a list of items such as latest comments, latest headlines, etc. You can edit how many of those items show up by entering a number. For example, if you choose 5 on latest headlines, then your 5 latest headlines will show up. If you don't enter a number, 10 items will appear by default.
How many widgets can I add to my site?
You can add as many widgets as you'd like!
When I create my own Text or Html widget, do I have to give it a title?
You do not have to give your widget a title. This is especially handy when adding images or ads.
How do I embed a widget from someplace else?
To embed a widget from somewhere else, click the "Text or HTML" widget in the Available column. Then before pasting the code into place, click on the "switch to Raw HTML" link below the rich text editor. This will toggle the content, and you will see your post's code. Paste the html embed code here, hit save, then drag your widget into place.
I put widgets into Column 2, but they’re not showing up on my site. What is happening?
In order for the second column of widgets to appear on your site, you need to be using a theme that accommodates it. In the featured themes section, any theme marked “3 Column” will be able to accommodate both columns.
How do I add Column 2 to my custom theme?
If you’re an advanced theme developer, you’ll want to know that the second sidebar can be called with {$sidebar2}.
On the Twitter Widget is there a way to alter it's little header bar? My site just took on a second writer and it would be nice to differentiate between our two different twitter feeds.